1Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was
standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four
thousand, having His name and the name of His Father written on
their foreheads. 2And I heard a voice from heaven, like
the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the
voice which I heard was like the sound of harpists
playing on their harps. 3And they *sang a new song before
the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and
no one could learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four
thousand who had been purchased from the earth. 4These
are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they have
kept themselves chaste. These are the ones who follow the
Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased from among men as
first fruits to God and to the Lamb. 5And no lie was
found in their mouth; they are blameless.

Vision of the Angel with the Gospel

6And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having
an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to
every nation and tribe and tongue and people; 7and he
said with a loud voice, "Fear God, and give Him glory, because the
hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who made the heaven and
the earth and sea and springs of waters."

8And another angel, a second one, followed, saying,
"Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the
nations drink of the wine of the passion of her immorality."

Doom for Worshipers of the Beast

9Then another angel, a third one, followed them,
saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his
image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10he
also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in
full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with
fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the
presence of the Lamb. 11"And the smoke of their torment
goes up forever and ever; they have no rest day and night, those who
worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of
his name." 12Here is the perseverance of the saints who
keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.

13And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, "Write,
`Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!'" "Yes," says
the Spirit, "so that they may rest from their labors, for their
deeds follow with them."

The Reapers

14Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and
sitting on the cloud was one like a son of man, having a
golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. 15And
another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice
to Him who sat on the cloud, "Put in your sickle and reap, for the
hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe."
16Then He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the
earth, and the earth was reaped.

17And another angel came out of the temple which is in
heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. 18Then another
angel, the one who has power over fire, came out from the altar; and
he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying,
"Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of
the earth, because her grapes are ripe." 19So the angel
swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from
the vine of the earth, and threw them into the great wine press of
the wrath of God. 20And the wine press was trodden
outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the
horses' bridles, for a distance of two hundred miles.

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